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Mensch, Barbara S. 2008. “The contribution of behavioral research to microbicide trials: Taking stock,” plenary address at Microbicides 2008, New Delhi, 24–27 February. (PDF)

Mensch, Barbara S. 2007. “Assessing reporting of adherence and sexual behavior in a simulated microbicide trial: Preliminary results from an interview mode experiment in the Phase 3 Carraguard sites, South Africa.” presentation at International Committee for Contraception Research meeting, Population Council, New York. 25 October.

Mensch, Barbara S. 2007. “Pregnancy among microbicide trial participants: A demographer’s perspective,” presentation at Microbicide Trials Network behavioral research committee meeting, Washington, DC, 12 January.

Mensch, Barbara S. and Paul C. Hewett. 2007. “Results on adherence from an interview mode experiment in the Phase 3 Carraguard sites, South Africa,” presentation at Alliance for Microbicide Development Meeting: Adherence and Its Measurement in Microbicide Clinical Trials, 18 December (also presented as poster at Microbicides 2008, New Delhi, 24–27 February [PDF]).

Lloyd, Cynthia B. and Barbara S. Mensch. 2006. “Early marriage and pregnancy as factors in school dropout: An analysis of DHS data from sub-Saharan Africa,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, 30 March.

Mensch, Barbara S. and Paul C. Hewett. 2006. “Sexual behavior and STI/HIV status among adolescents in rural Malawi: An evaluation of the effect of interview mode on reporting,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, 30 March.

Hewett, Paul C. and Barbara S. Mensch. 2005. “Assessing self-reported behavior in clinical research on HIV prevention, care and treatment,” presentation at International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Columbia University, New York, 21 June.

Luppi, Carla G., Maria A. Veras, Heidi Jones, Sheri Lippman, Adriana Pinho, Manoel Ribeiro, Paul C. Hewett, Janneke van de Wijgert, and Barbara S. Mensch. 2005. “Does audio-computer assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) improve reporting on sensitive behaviors: Findings from Brazil,” presentation at the 16th Biennial Congress of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (ISSTDR), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10–13 July.

Mensch, Barbara S., Monica Grant, and Ann Blanc. 2005. “The changing context of sexual initiation in sub-Saharan Africa,” presented at the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population General Conference, Tours, France, 19 July, and at Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC, 18 May. Published in Population and Development Review 32(4): 699–727. Also published as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 206. New York: Population Council. (abstract) (PDF)

Mensch, Barbara S. and Paul C. Hewett. 2005. “Assessing and improving the measurement of sexual behavior in survey and clinical research,” presentation at Alliance for Microbicide Development Meeting, Washington, DC, 14 January.

Mensch, Barbara S., Monica Grant, Mary Sebastian, Paul Hewett and Dale Huntington. 2004. “The effects of a livelihoods intervention in an urban slum in India: Do vocational counseling and training alter the attitudes and behavior of adolescent girls?” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Boston, 2 April. Also published as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 194. New York: Population Council. (abstract) (PDF)

Hewett, Paul C., Barbara S. Mensch, and Annabel Erulkar. 2003. “Consistency in the reporting of sexual behavior among adolescent girls in Kisumu, Kenya: A comparison of interviewing methods,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, 2 May. Minneapolis. Also presented at the Workshop on Measurement of Sexual Behaviour in the Era of HIV/AIDS, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, 5 September.

Mensch Barbara S. 2003. “Trends in the timing of first marriage,” presentation at the WHO, UNFPA, Population Council Technical Consultation on Married Adolescents, Geneva, 9 December.

Mensch, Barbara S., Susheela Singh, and John Casterline. 2003. “Trends in the timing of marriage among men and women in the developing world,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, 1 May.